VOISIN-BUGATTI DESIGN GENIUS / voisin in rennes-le-château & nola

+ETTORE BUGATTI+

>like gabriel voisin, was at the height of his<

>powers as an auto designer in the early 20s<

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>and their great experimental  racing cars<

>met in a tours france epic sports car race<

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+VOISIN & BUGATTI+

>were >inspirations< for me as i sat down to<

>design a lifetime of >architectural concepts<  

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>the silver ship as an example was designed<

>as i was reading a >book about their races<
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+VOISIN'S ANCESTORS+
>had a fascinating history in >rennes-le-chateau<

>as templar leaders and in >st. charles parish la.<

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>near new orleans as neighbors of my templar< 

>french plantation >verloin degruy ancestors<
>who designed the dome sugar mill in 1790<
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>"radiant architecture" my >oeuvre in 1980 as<
>seen in the exhibition flyer for my sdsu show<
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>celebrating our >first decade in california and<
>focusing the biotronic electromagnetic aspect<
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 >this early concept for a >"kit of parts" assemble<
>it yourself affordable basic hexadome residence<
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>as seen ln my class "environmental prototypes"<
>and published in the >71 sdsu art dept bulletin<
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 >when i photographed this voisin plantation on<
>the river road in st. charles parish louisiana in<
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>the early 1950s i had no awareness that the<
>earliest degruy plantation had been nearby<
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 >yes "the silver ship" our lajolla california studio<
>and residence was inspired equally by french<
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>castles and the >ufo i saw in 1947 (note, the<
>house today has >lost important detailing)<
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 >the dome residence on the right photographed<
>in my sdsu classroom in the late 1970s shows<
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>an advanced dome residence concept by the<
>inclusion of a garden inside the dome shell<
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 >the british >sportscar design industry of the<
>1950s was also my inspiration in designing<
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>an affordable "sportshouse" / the top car in<
>these photos is a triumph tr2 (see my tr3)<
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 >this is the book i bought in >paris about<
>the 1923 epic races of the bugatti "tank"<
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>& voisin "laboratoire" race cars through<
>the streets & on the racetracks of france<
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 >the >bugatti "tank" top photo, and the voisin<
>"laboratoire" below, were both experimental<
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>racing cars that inspired my prototype design<

>for affordable residences in dome enclosures<

>and more >advanced architectural concepts<

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eugene ray, mfa, architect

professor emeritus, sdsu